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Alphabet Inc is one of the top stocks in ebitda category among related companies. It is one of the top stocks in retained earnings category among related companies reporting about 2.40 of Retained Earnings per EBITDA.

EBITDA stands for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. It is a measure of a company operating cash flow based on data from the company income statement and is a very good way to compare companies within industries or across different sectors. However, unlike Operating Cash Flow, EBITDA does not include the effects of changes in working capital.

Alphabet

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Basic Expenses

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35.78 B

In a nutshell, EBITDA is calculated by adding back each of the excluded items to the post-tax profit, and can be used to compare companies with very different capital structures.

Retained Earnings is a balance sheet account that refers to the portion of company income that is retained by the firm. In other words it is a part of earnings that is not paid out as dividends or otherwise distributed to owners. Retained Earnings are calculated by adding net income to last period retained earnings and subtracting any dividends paid to owners.

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85.97 B

Retained Earnings shows how the firm utilizes its profits over time. In simple terms, investors can think of retained earnings as the amount of profit the company has reinvested in the business since its inceptions. However the methodology to make a decision over how much profit to retain is different between companies in different industries. For example growing industries tend to retain more of their earnings than more matured industries as they need more assets investment to sustain their growth.

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Alphabet is currently under evaluation in retained earnings category among related companies.

EBITDA

Alphabet Comparables

Alphabet is currently under evaluation in ebitda category among related companies.

Alphabet Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides online advertising services in the United States and internationally. Alphabet Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Alphabet operates under Internet Information Providers classification in USA and traded on NASDAQ exchange. It employs 80110 people. more